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| 15:59.17 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30315 10/brlcad/trunk/src/nirt/if.c: the backout() callbacks are no longer needed/used since there isn't custom "reshooting" going on. we just backup the original ray origin now. |
| 16:10.05 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30316 10/brlcad/trunk/src/nirt/ (bsphere.c command.c): initialize negative so we can do some sanity checking, re-add the DEBUG_BACKOUT code |
| 16:12.45 | Axman6 | brlcad: everything moved to subversion now? |
| 16:14.55 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30317 10/brlcad/trunk/src/nirt/ (bsphere.c nirt.h): reduce the style inconsistency insanity via s/ -> /->/g |
| 16:17.39 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30318 10/brlcad/trunk/src/nirt/ (conversion.c dist_def.c if.c nirt.h read_mat.c): use vmath's DEG2RAD instead of the weak decl it was using |
| 16:23.35 | brlcad | Axman6: a couple weeks ago |
| 16:24.11 | brlcad | rather several weeks ago, http://my.brlcad.org/wiki/Cvs2svn |
| 16:24.53 | Axman6 | i just remember it was taking a while, wasn't sure just how long it was going to take :) |
| 16:27.24 | brlcad | it took about a week on and off, about a half-dozen tries |
| 16:28.01 | brlcad | nothing hard, just each try just took several hours of processing and there was a lot of validation I was sorting through to check that everything came across perfectly |
| 16:32.55 | Axman6 | didn't it fill a disk at some point too? |
| 16:36.16 | brlcad | heh, yeah -- the very first run |
| 16:37.04 | brlcad | I made a lot more room for it to work for the subsequent runs, and upgraded to a newer cvs2svn that ran faster |
| 16:38.26 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30319 10/brlcad/trunk/NEWS: |
| 16:38.26 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: Erik made nirt's -b backout option use the model's bounding sphere as the |
| 16:38.26 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: backout distance instead of the hard-coded 1000 define and also made it use a |
| 16:38.26 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: much simpler backout method by just backing up the original ray being fired by |
| 16:38.26 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: the model's bounding sphere size. vaguely recall there being a request |
| 16:38.29 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: regarding nirt's backout behavior, but don't see any hint of it. think it might |
| 16:38.31 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: have been a verbal request/inquiry. |
| 17:59.44 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30320 10/brlcad/trunk/ (NEWS TODO): |
| 17:59.44 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: per recent commits, Bob indicated that he fixed or at least hack-patched several |
| 17:59.44 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: of the mged I/O bugs where gets in tcl mged wasn't working from stdin as well as |
| 17:59.44 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: stdout/stderr going to the command window instead of to the console. |
| 18:01.02 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30321 10/brlcad/trunk/src/nirt/ (command.c interact.c): more s/ -> /->/g on files that weren't saved before the commit |
| 19:12.33 | yukonbob | http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/exhibition/scc5/final.html |
| 19:12.58 | yukonbob | ^--- POVRay Short Code Contest (#5) |
| 19:17.05 | brlcad | yeah, I was looking at those a few hours ago :) |
| 19:19.30 | brlcad | I like bourke's actual entries (which didn't place) |
| 19:26.55 | yukonbob | hrmm... we need a brlcad contest like this... get the modellers out, create something exciting for the new website, and increase exposure... |
| 19:29.36 | yukonbob | brlcad: how does one get in touch w/ the BRL-CAD community -- is there a mailing list I'm not subscribed to? There's got to me more people than the folks who hang out here... |
| 19:34.35 | louipc | the mailing lists are very quiet |
| 19:36.15 | yukonbob | it'd be cool to have a showcase where some of the savvy modellers from ARL + SERVICE participate, as well as non-professional (or at least out of that circle), and collect the displays and code for an exposition |
| 19:36.40 | louipc | yep |
| 19:36.53 | yukonbob | louipc: do you model? |
| 19:37.14 | louipc | not really |
| 19:37.36 | louipc | I have a tough time figuring out how to do it in brlcad |
| 19:37.49 | yukonbob | louipc: do you do 3d work in other software? |
| 19:38.07 | louipc | I've used solidworks |
| 19:38.16 | louipc | and some various 3D art programs |
| 19:39.06 | louipc | hmm yeah I should put more effort into learning actual brlcad usage |
| 19:50.08 | brlcad | yukonbob: there are several hundred people subscribed to the mailing lists |
| 19:50.26 | brlcad | the biggest audience, though, hits the website .. thousands per day |
| 19:54.16 | brlcad | learning what can be done in brl-cad and how folks presently do model with it .. |
| 19:54.47 | brlcad | .. very useful steps for knowing the best ways to improve brl-cad (both on the macro and micro level) |
| 19:55.02 | yukonbob | hrmm... /me thinks that a contest (entries to be submitted by 17Mar (ie: Monday morning)) would be cool -- first one could be 'open' and then perhaps subsequents could be themed (ie: This month, the theme is "habitat") |
| 19:55.44 | yukonbob | in the time until then, do you think it'd be possible to get a pannel of experts to judge submissions? |
| 19:56.02 | brlcad | yeah, getting judges would be easy |
| 19:56.38 | yukonbob | of course, they would be barred from entering a (judged) submission... |
| 19:57.06 | brlcad | I'm actually be more inclined to hold contests that improve the tools first |
| 19:57.24 | brlcad | i've been thinking about holding a bug-fix contest, for example |
| 19:57.25 | louipc | there needs to be more documentation or help |
| 19:57.55 | yukonbob | louipc: that's the kind of thing that would be shaken out during the course of competitions, though... |
| 19:58.12 | louipc | oh yeah? |
| 19:58.13 | yukonbob | brlcad: that's cool, too... |
| 19:58.33 | louipc | how about a documentation contest :P |
| 19:58.37 | brlcad | it'd have to be in isolated contest so that the contest docs are short and sweet |
| 19:58.53 | brlcad | making procedural geometry database generators is usually a great/easy introduction |
| 19:58.59 | louipc | for instance if I type 'help p' in mged it doesn't tell me anything |
| 19:59.00 | brlcad | and results in a useful "plugin" tool |
| 19:59.04 | yukonbob | louipc: sure -- you'd get lots of mail/irc saying "I can't figure out how to do [x]", and then it's identified as a potential weakness to the community/deves |
| 19:59.05 | louipc | anything useful anyways |
| 19:59.07 | yukonbob | *devs |
| 19:59.37 | louipc | so I really can't figure out how to use this app, nevermind the gui |
| 20:00.21 | brlcad | yep, understandably -- mged was never designed to be self-teaching or discoverable |
| 20:00.26 | brlcad | things many people take for granted |
| 20:00.40 | louipc | how do people learn to use it then? |
| 20:01.00 | brlcad | going through the documentation, the tutorials and exercises |
| 20:01.34 | yukonbob | louipc: like the king said "Start at the beginning, continue till the end, then stop." |
| 20:01.45 | brlcad | there's also commercial training offered that most at ARL go through |
| 20:01.57 | yukonbob | brlcad: via SURVICE? |
| 20:02.09 | brlcad | but you can get a huge portion of the basics just from going through existing documentation |
| 20:02.15 | brlcad | yukonbob: yeah |
| 20:02.46 | brlcad | they're holding a class in a couple weeks for that matter |
| 20:03.10 | yukonbob | brlcad: they must have access to awesome modellers (ie: people who model) |
| 20:03.12 | louipc | yukonbob: you mean those pdfs? |
| 20:03.20 | brlcad | expensive for common Joe, but pretty standard rate for business |
| 20:03.34 | brlcad | louipc: yes, the pdfs |
| 20:03.45 | yukonbob | louipc: yup -- I've got the mged cheat sheet on my desk, for example... |
| 20:04.03 | brlcad | but contrary to some docs, instead of skimming through and seeing what's possible, actually reading them cover to cover and doing the exercises .. there's just too much to cover |
| 20:04.52 | brlcad | from a complexity standpoint, mged's not really any different than solidworks, unigraphics, pro/e, etc .. takes about the same level of direct effort to become proficient |
| 20:05.53 | brlcad | the main difference is that most of those tools have better in-tool facilities (i.e. a better UI) for learning as you go along, some even embedding tutorials (but then they also have dozens of devs that help make that happen!) |
| 20:06.00 | yukonbob | brlcad: why does survice talk so much about being a "woman-owned" company -- and does that mean a single woman owns it, or a group of women? |
| 20:06.19 | brlcad | that's a gov't thing |
| 20:06.19 | louipc | yeah I did the mged intro one... actually that pdf has all the reference info at the end |
| 20:06.31 | brlcad | being a minority owned or woman owned company is a big deal |
| 20:06.56 | yukonbob | ahh |
| 20:06.56 | brlcad | gov't has initiatives specifically tailored towards those types of companies, to encourage them |
| 20:07.04 | louipc | woman owned haha |
| 20:07.19 | brlcad | survice engineering is owned by a woman |
| 20:07.39 | louipc | but it doesn't have any specific mission regarding women does it? |
| 20:07.40 | brlcad | her husband actually runs the company, though.. :) |
| 20:08.00 | yukonbob | heh -- sounds like a shell game |
| 20:08.06 | brlcad | no, has absolutely nothing at all to do with what the company *does* |
| 20:08.26 | brlcad | just a metric for contracting and purchasing rules |
| 20:08.49 | yukonbob | brlcad: you know lots (any) people at survice? |
| 20:10.16 | brlcad | e.g. if you want to buy a new printer, for example -- that goes out as a contract where basically the gov't solitics bids from companies -- there are federal mandates that say the gov't has to conduct N% of their annual business with minority/women owned companies so generally given offers from companies A, B, and C, if one of those is a minority they will get priority |
| 20:10.22 | brlcad | even if they're not the lowest bid |
| 20:10.57 | brlcad | yukonbob: a fair bit, yes |
| 20:11.38 | yukonbob | brlcad: is BRL-CAD a big part of what they do, a small part, or just "a part"? |
| 20:11.38 | brlcad | oh and to answer the earlier bit, the course is taught by one of the expert modelers, he's .. very .. good. |
| 20:11.59 | brlcad | somewhere between a part and a small part on the whole |
| 20:12.16 | yukonbob | do they contribute code/ideas back to BRL-CAD? |
| 20:12.25 | brlcad | yep |
| 20:12.45 | brlcad | ideas and feature requests all the time |
| 20:12.56 | brlcad | archer was entirely a contribution from them |
| 20:13.43 | brlcad | I still won't be happy until the UI is revamped ;) |
| 20:13.51 | brlcad | it's very powerful as is, but it needs a new UI |
| 20:14.49 | brlcad | the trick is how to make a new UI that leverages the power and tools that are already there, without rewriting things |
| 20:15.45 | brlcad | .. and doing something fun and promising enough to attract other/new developers |
| 20:16.15 | louipc | is there a way to see a log of the commands issued via the gui? |
| 20:18.12 | brlcad | there is command history via the cursor keys as well as the 'history' and 'journal' commands |
| 20:18.27 | brlcad | on the mged quick ref sheet under the "Getting Help" section |
| 20:30.36 | louipc | hmm doesn't write to file until you toggle off |
| 20:40.26 | CIA-4 | BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30322 10/brlcad/trunk/sh/header.sh: leave authorship to the revision control system and AUTHORS file |
| 20:52.50 | yukonbob | heh -- /me recalls "poisonous" ---^ |
| 20:55.58 | brlcad | ;) |
| 20:56.50 | brlcad | something I've been meaning to do for a long time really, before the video, but it did give a reminder |
| 20:57.46 | brlcad | i'm not entirely convinced of the particular reasoning IFF the authorship is complete and well-defined for what gives someone the right to add their name |
| 20:58.10 | brlcad | problem is that it's rarely ever complete, and particularly for brl-cad it's out of sync with the contributors |
| 20:58.22 | brlcad | the author listed is generally just the person that started the file |
| 21:01.20 | yukonbob | but I do appreciated the "barrier to entry" argument supplied in the PPeople vid -- it may be intimidating, and then (like you say) unless the prerequisites are well defined, when does another person add his/her name, etc, etc. -- keeping names out of files _does_ simplify things immediately. |
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